TN Progressive

• An Incompetent, Unstable President MUST Resign (TN Citizen Action)
• Corker Says Trump Lacks Stability, Competence (TN Citizen Action)
• Corker: Tough on Forrest, Soft on Trump (TN Citizen Action)
• Is It Time to Sell Your Healthcare Stocks? (Kitchen Table)
• An interesting take on current events (Left Wing Cracker)
• From Our "Make America Mean Again" Dept... (RoaneViews)
• "We Must Not Look Away" (Kitchen Table)
• Haslam Calls for Removal of Forrest Statue at Capitol (TN Citizen Action)
• I am feeling frustrated. (Left Wing Cracker)
• Roane County Schools Closed for Eclipse Day (RoaneViews)
• #hatecantstand TONIGHT (Left Wing Cracker)
• Vandalism at Whites Creek (Whitescreek Journal)

TN Politics

• On the history of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s bust at the TN state capitol (Tom Humphrey)
• Protesters Have Wanted Forrest Bust Gone Since Installation in 1978 - Nashville Scene (Nashville Scene)
• Country stars stay quiet about politics these days, but Charlottesville may be the tipping point - Washington Post (Post Politics)
• Haslam family gives Knox County schools $1.3M (half for high school bands) (Tom Humphrey)
• Former TN education commissioner calls for resignation of DeVos as U.S. education chief (Tom Humphrey)
• Lawsuit filed over White County jail inmate birth control program (Tom Humphrey)
• WSMV Lays Off Snowbird - Nashville Scene (Nashville Scene)
• Cohen files to impeach Trump - Nashville Post (subscription) (Post Politics)
• Political roundup: Celebrity politics - Nashville Post (subscription) (Post Politics)
• Carr launches PAC ahead of 2018 - Nashville Post (subscription) (Post Politics)
• Watch: Mayor Barry Speaks to CNN About Son's Overdose and the Opioid Epidemic - Nashville Scene (Nashville Scene)
• Gannett to Close Nashville Design Studio - Nashville Scene (Nashville Scene)

Knox TN Today

• Karl Dean visits labor leaders (Knox TN Today)
• Harmon says ‘something is wrong’ in the clerk’s office (Knox TN Today)
• Farragut Rotary adds four members (Knox TN Today)
• Breaking ground at Baker Creek Bottoms (Knox TN Today)
• Halls season opener ‘as big as it gets’ (Knox TN Today)
• City Council District 4: Downright Neighborly (Knox TN Today)
• Kitchen Table Talk (Knox TN Today)
• Flying Anvil finds warm welcome in Rocky Hill (Knox TN Today)
• Women’s League golf tourney hits a hole-in-one (Knox TN Today)
• Travis Wegener remembered: Saturday, Aug. 19 (Knox TN Today)

Local TV News

• ABR mourns the loss of Eclipse Bear (WBIR)
• Steve Bannon out as Trump’s White House Chief Strategist (WATE)
• What's the weather forecast for... (WBIR)
• Which stores still have eclipse... (WBIR)
• Crews continue to search for missing teen in Smokies (WATE)
• Northview Intermediate School closed... (WBIR)
• Maryville man accused of threatening to kill Grainger County judge (WATE)
• Knox Co. Schools get $1.3M donation... (WBIR)
• Knoxville businesses cleaned out of ecli (WBIR)
• Things to do in East Tennessee | Aug. 18-20 (WATE)
• Thousands of carved jack-o-lanterns to fill Dollywood for harvest festival (WATE)
• FORECAST: Drying Out Tonight (WATE)

News Sentinel

• Google needs a new CEO, dumping Sundar Pichai not enough (KNS Opinion)
• Eclipse 2017: Food specials include ice cream, coffee, doughnuts and a cocktail (KNS Business)
• Trending: Spewing public hatred yields public consequences (KNS Opinion)
• Citizens clean defaced Confederate monument in Fort Sanders (KNS News)
• Identity politics inflame America (KNS Opinion)
• With code name, how Toyota-Mazda set off secret race for 4,000-job plant (KNS Business)
• Eclipse glasses alternatives? Most welder's lenses not suitable for viewing safely (KNS News)
• Haslam rebukes white nationalists, says Trump should unite (KNS News)
• People wait seven hours for eclipse glasses at Knoxville store (KNS News)
• Haslams give $1.3 mil to Knox bands, schools (KNS Business)
• Letters: Donald Trump, BDS movement (KNS Opinion)
• Two former Cocke County jailers arrested on drug smuggling charges (KNS News)
• Businesses rejoice as city prepares for Cumberland Avenue completion (KNS Business)
• 40 Under 40 nominations open (KNS Business)

Alt Weekly

• Chinese Mornings: My Crowd-Control Summer (Knoxville Mercury)
• Boxed Possum and Brother Jack’s (Knoxville Mercury)
• CareCuts bolsters Knoxville’s homeless with free haircuts and caring (Knoxville Mercury)
• Paul Lynde the prophet, the New Tower of Babel, and more fun with journalism in the 21st century (Knoxville Mercury)
• Hiking club resurrects Smoky Mountain Railroad ‘rail-to-trail’ route in South Knoxville (Knoxville Mercury)

State News

• Joe Jackson, former Memphis Tigers basketball star, pleads not guilty to felony drug and gun charges (Commercial Appeal)
• Crosstown Concourse dining offers pizza and tofu, wings and quinoa (Commercial Appeal)
• Sen. Bob Corker says he criticized President Donald Trump in hopes of influencing him to unite nation (Commercial Appeal)
• From foreclosure notice to criticism by the mayor, Lake District hopes could be unraveling (Commercial Appeal)
• Business Briefs: Rossville Boulevard bars penalized by Chattanooga Beer Board - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Football Mocs turn competitive focus to bowling - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• A candidate of compromise, Craig Fitzhugh makes pitch in Williamson County (Tennessean)
• Why a battle is brewing over student data in Nashville schools (Tennessean)
• Tennessee's Bill Hagerty welcome in Japan as U.S. ambassador (Tennessean)
• Police: Man, woman dead after murder-suicide in East Nashville (Tennessean)
• Corker urges 'radical changes' in Trump White House [video] - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Police prep for Coolidge Park rally tonight - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)

Local .GOV

• New Members of Business Advisory Council Roll Up Their Sleeves (Knoxville)
• KEEM Weatherization Program Takes a Bow (Knoxville)
• Cumberland Avenue - Then and Now (Knoxville)
• Smokey Banners Wave Throughout Cumberland Avenue (Knoxville)
• The New Cumberland Avenue: Safer, More Functional - and Also Greener (Knoxville)
• New Cumberland Avenue is Even More Transit Friendly! (Knoxville)
• Next mosquito spraying scheduled for Aug. 22 and Aug. 24 in several Knox County areas (Knox County)
• Make sure your tailgate is a touchdown (Knox County)
• New Harvest Park Farmers Market to host Pepper Jubilee (Knox County)
• Unwanted medication collection to be held Aug. 26 (Knox County)
• Parenting 101: Ensuring your child is eating a nutritious lunch at school (Knox County)
• Mayor to recognize Storm Drain Style-Off artists, announce winners (Knox County)

State .GOV

• TDCI Joins First Tennessee Park’s Total Solar Eclipse Viewing Party (Tennessee)
• Contractor to Implement Traffic Modification on U.S. 27 Project in Chatt. (Tennessee)
• Memphis Bonding Company Owner Sentenced on Theft Charges (Tennessee)
• Weekly East Tennessee Construction Report for August 17-23, 2017 (Tennessee)
• Tennessee's State Unemployment Rate Again Reaches Record All-Time Low at 3.4 Percent (Tennessee)
• More Than $22 Million in Water and Wastewater Construction Loans Awarded (Tennessee)
• Middle Tennessee Weekly Construction Lane Closures, August 17-23, 2017 (Tennessee)
• West Tennessee Construction August 16-23, 2017 (Tennessee)
• Tennessee Department of Education Announces New Districts to Join Read to be Ready Coaching Network (Tennessee)
• TDH and TDOS Encourage Safe Viewing During the Solar Eclipse (Tennessee)

Wire Reports

• NYC subway tiles to be altered over Confederate flag concern - New York Daily News (Business)
• Stephen Bannon Out at the White House After Turbulent Run - New York Times (US News)
• Calpine Winds Down the Party - Bloomberg (Business)
• Latest: 'Party-like' atmosphere as protesters march in downtown Durham - WRAL.com (US News)
• Wall Street Bounces Into Green, but Foot Locker Scuffs Retail; Bannon Out - TheStreet.com (Business)
• Six Flags Over Texas removes Confederate flag, reversing earlier decision - Fox News (Business)
• Justice Taney defended slavery in 1857. Now his statue is gone from Md.'s State House. - Washington Post (US News)
• Romney Tells Trump to Apologize for Causing 'Racists to Rejoice' - New York Times (US News)
• Walmart's online sales continue upward trend - Business Insider (Business)
• Infosys Chief Quits After Battle With Founders - New York Times (Business)
• Thousands Expected to Attend Boston Protests of Right-Wing Rally - NBCNews.com (US News)
• The Uber civil war is now a PR battle - Recode (Business)
• Trump said to study General Pershing. Here's what the president got wrong. - Washington Post (US News)
• Top Two Officers on Navy Ship in Deadly Collision Off Japan Are Relieved of Duties - New York Times (US News)
• Secret Service investigating posts by Missouri state lawmaker - CNN (US News)